Overview
- The December 30 Strands puzzle centers on the theme “2025 Top Twenty,” with entries tied to popular music.
- Today’s spangram is “Hit Songs,” reported as running diagonally across the board and beginning with the letter H.
- The theme words are Golden, Abracadabra, Daisies, Manchild, and Ordinary.
- Strands forms words from linked letters in any direction with allowed direction changes, and every cell in the grid is used in the final solution.
- Mashable, Today, and The Mirror US published same-day hints and solutions, and the game is free to play while detailed performance stats require a New York Times Games subscription.